UPDATED (17/12/2012)

Ok, I know most of you want me to introduce the new ranger but I decided I should at least have individual storylines for each character first. Also, they have not even gotten a single grand power from the Power Rangers team on Earth so I want to get that started first.

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Dylan walked arrived in school alone and was not in the mood for anything. As he walked through the hallways, he ignored everyone and even hitting some students on the shoulder. One of those students is Johnny who was by his locker. Dylan's locker was three lockers away from him and he was more than confused over what had happened to his friend.

"Dylan, what's up? Did anything happen?" Johnny asked politely.

Dylan continued to take his books out for class and slammed the door before he answered Johnny, "I don't want to talk about it."

He then walked away, probably to homeroom Johnny assumed. Johnny wondered what was wrong with him. Dylan seemed normal yesterday. Well it's hard to tell whether Dylan was normal or not.

Johnny closed his locker and tried to find at least one of his friends to explained what just happened. Luckily, he saw Troy with Blair and Lexi by Lexi's locker.

"Hey guys, what's the deal with Dylan? I talked to him and he gave me a cold shoulder treatment," Johnny asked.

"Dylan, cold shoulder? What else is new?" Lexi commented sarcastically.

"I think I know why," Troy said. "He just found out that his brother who was in the army has been missing for months already and the army just let his family know now," he explained.

"Oh my gosh, that must be hard to hear," was all Blair could say as she felt sorry for her friend.

"I found out when I went to his house last night. He was at the backyard where he and his brother used to play when they were little kids," Troy continued.

"That's awful. It seems like he's taking it really bad," Johnny commented.

"Who wouldn't be taking it bad? Hearing your brother missing for months and them only told you recently. I would go nuts," Lexi said.

"For the meantime, we should just support Dylan through this," Troy told them before they head for homeroom.

The day went by slowly for the rangers. Dylan hasn't spoken a single word to any of them. However he did sit with them during lunch but still no word out of him. Lexi even tried tricking him into talking but it didn't work. He just ignored them. All of them started to worry about him but didn't do anything at first much to Blair's dismay. She wanted to help Dylan through this but Troy didn't allow it, saying that Dylan should be able to handle himself.

When school ended that day, Troy, Johnny, Lexi and Blair decided to wait for Dylan by his locker to ask if he wanted to hang out. Thankfully, Dylan did come to his locker.

"Yo!" Troy greeted him but Dylan didn't even look at him.

"So do you want to hang out later? We thought we could grab a bite of pizza at Pizza Tower," Blair asked him.

"I'm not hungry," Dylan stated.

The rangers exchanged helpless looks to one another. Troy then stepped forward, "Come on, we're just trying to get your mind off what happened," Troy offered.

"Well I don't need your help," Dylan retorted back.

Suddenly, their mobirates rang. Even Dylan automatically took his out. They all checked that it was from Navi and decided to go to an empty classroom to answer the call.

"What's up Navi?" Troy asked as all of them answered the call.

"Come to the command Center immediately!" Navi replied.

"We'll be there," Johnny replied back. The rangers then turned to face Dylan, as if asking if he was coming along.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go," Dylan said as he took out his teleporter wristband and clicked it. The others soon followed seconds later.

When they arrived, Navi was already flying in circles, much to the rangers' confusion.

"Navi, what's wrong?" Johnny asked.

"Well I was sleeping earlier and I had a prediction," Navi replied, still flying out of control.

"You sleep?" Lexi asked while imagining robots sleeping. Do they sleep like humans?

"So what's the prediction?" Blair asked.

"Your bond will be tested from a samurai...that is all!" Navi answered.

"A samurai? Does it even exist here in America?" Lexi questioned.

"As usual, Navi's predictions are hard to understand. We should probably get someone who knows about a lot Power Rangers so it would be a lot easier for us," Blair commented.

"Let's walk around town and see if we can find a samurai," Johnny suggested.

"Did you just hear yourself? How are we supposed to find a samurai? It's not like there's a samurai convention in town," Lexi pointed out.

"Well if Navi gave the prophecy, it must be true. Which means this samurai would most likely be looking for us as well," Dylan said out of the blue.

"In that case, we'll go with Johnny's plan," Troy concluded and the rest agreed with their leader.

The rangers walked around town together in search of a person who could possibly be samurai. They went to every place they could think of but it was quite useless. It would be much easier if they knew who exactly they were looking for. The prophecy Navi gave was no good.

Knowing that the search would probably take a while, Troy thought that they all could use a little break and gets some ice-cream while at the same time try to cheer Dylan up.

While Troy, Johnny and Lexi went to buy their ice-creams, Blair stayed with Dylan who was still so silent. She decided to try to cheer her friend up.

"Do you think we'll get to find the samurai?" Blair asked Dylan, trying to start up a conversation.

"Who knows," was all Dylan replied. The conversation between them turned very cold.

"I'm really sorry about what happened…about your brother," Blair said.

"Why? It's not like it's your fault," he replied.

"It's ok to be sad Dylan but moping is not a good way to forget about it. Trust me, I know," Blair told him softly.

Dylan turned to the pink pirate, "What do you mean?" he asked curiously.

Blair smiled a little when she realized she was making a real conversation with her friend, "I lost my mother last year. Like you, I dealt with it really hard and I was really sad and depressed –"

Dylan then stood up suddenly and looked furiously at Blair, "I'm not sad or depressed!" he shouted at her.

"Then why are acting like you do?" Blair questioned him challengingly.

"I'm angry! I'm angry that my brother has been missing for six months and they didn't report it immediately. I'm angry that my brother went to join the army in the first place! I'm angry that he left home just to join the army just because he didn't get into college! I'm angry that I could possibly lose my brother for good!" Dylan yelled at her loud enough for Troy, Lexi and Johnny to hear. The three of them remained where they were behind Dylan and kept quiet.

Blair also remained quiet. This was the first time Dylan yelled. She didn't expect Dylan to react like he did. It seems to her that Dylan has been holding it in for a long time.

"I'm also angry that now my mother cries every time she looks his pictures framed at the living room. She didn't even manage to wake up and make me breakfast like she always does in the morning. My dad couldn't even get her out of bed. I can see my dad's eyes are swollen from crying the night before and I don't know what to do about it," he continued.

Even Blair could imagine his sadness at home. She touched Dylan's shoulders with both her hands so he would face her. "You'll get through this," she encouraged. "Dylan since you know your parents are sad, you shouldn't be. You should be the strong one in your family."

Dylan remained silent as Troy stepped forward, "You look up to your brother right?" he asked and Dylan nodded.

"So, imagine how he will handle this situation if it was reversed with you. If you were the one missing, would you want your family to be sad all the time or have your brother be strong for your family?" Troy questioned him.

Dylan scoffed and looked away, "You guys should just mind your own business. I don't need anyone feeling sorry for me."

Suddenly, a person walked up to them stopped right in front of the rangers. He was tall and had short light brown hair. He was wearing a red shirt under a black jacket with dark wash jeans.

"Can we help you?" Lexi asked the mysterious man.

"You're the pirate team that has a hold of all the powers of the past Power Rangers right?" the guy questioned them.

Troy stepped forward and took charge, "Why does it matter to you?"

"I'm Jayden, the red Samurai ranger," he answered.

Johnny opened his eyes wide, "He's the samurai that we've been looking for!"

Lexi then stood in front of Troy happily, "Are you going to give us your grand power now?"

"That is unlikely," Jayden answered them.

"Why?" Blair asked.

"I want my ranger key back, including the rest of my team's ranger keys," Jayden stated, surprising the pirates except for Troy.

"And what makes you think we'll be willing to give it to you just like that?" Troy questioned him.

Jayden then took out his sword from practically out of nowhere and held it in front of Troy's face. It didn't take long for them to realize that Jayden is willing to fight for the ranger keys. The rest of the pirates stood aside to watch the fight while they watch Troy and Jayden go head to head. Troy took out his sabre and fought evenly with Jayden. It's hard to say who would win this battle.

By watching the battle, Dylan couldn't help but reminisce a part of his childhood where Troy came to his house to play sword fight with him and his older brother, Peter. Troy and Dylan would always take turns to challenge Peter. Troy was always the competitive one so he would continue to battle Peter until he won against Peter. Even back then, Peter had the skills of a fighter. He even took some tips from Peter so that he could beat Troy.

Suddenly there was a scream of a group of people close by. Both Troy and Jayden stopped fighting.

"We'll continue this later," Jayden stated as he ran to the source of the chaos with the pirates following closely behind.

When they arrived at the scene, they couldn't believe what they are seeing. It was not one Zangyack, but a group of them together with the Goumins and Sugomins. One Zangyack stood out from the rest. He was not as big as the other Zangyack monsters but he was wearing a white coat and had a weird shaped head. The group of Zangyack stopped as soon as they saw the Pirates stood in front of them. Jayden helped to get the crowd leave safely before hiding close by to see what was going on.

"That's far enough Zangyack!" Troy shouted at them.

"So you're the pirates that have been ruining all my plans," the white one said.

"And you're the one who's always have us clean up the mess that you created in the first place," Lexi responded sarcastically.

"How dare you say that to me! Don't you know who I am? I am Emperor Walz Gill of the Zangyack Empire and I will not tolerate such nonsense and disrespect from a group of meddling teenagers like you," Walz Gill said. "I decided to step foot on Earth to announce my takeover first hand and make sure nothing will stand in my way."

"Shut up alien breath," Lexi responded.

"This is our planet and we won't let anyone like you take over," Blair stated.

"People like you don't have the right to take over the Earth," Johnny added.

"In case you forgot, your Empire failed to take over Earth last year. What makes you so sure that you'll be able to take over so easily now?" Troy questioned.

Walz Gill practically growled at Troy's comment and turned to the Zangyack beside him who has a metal armor for a body, "Barizorg, you can take over from here," he commanded. "Bring them back to me at once, dead or alive –"

Before Walz Gill could continue, Troy took out his Pirate Blaster and shot Walz Gill's arm.

"Nice shot," Lexi commented.

"Is he bleeding blue?" Johnny asked as he watched the Emperor cry over his bleeding arm to his army.

"Let's just get this over with," Troy said as he signaled for all of them to take out their morphers.

"IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!"

As soon as they morph, they took out their gun blasters to shoot at the Zangyack army before charging to them to fight. Barizorg manage to block the shots aimed for his Emperor successfully. Troy and Dylan then tried to attack Barizorg. Barizorg managed to retaliate all the attacks with his sword.

"So, you're the Zangyack's monster of the week huh?" Troy asked sarcastically while he and Dylan hold onto Barizorg's sword.

"I will not be easily defeated by a group of wanted pirates," Barizorg stated.

"Don't be so full of yourself," Dylan said before Lexi, Johnny and Blair attacked Barizorg from behind. Unfortunately for them, Barizorg had a quick sense and quickly shot the three rangers and attacked Troy and Dylan with his sword with his free hand. Barizorg then took his Emperor and retreated somewhere else while he called the Goumins to keep the rangers busy.

"Are you guys ok?" Troy asked his team.

"Yeah," all of them answered.

Troy turned to Dylan, who didn't look as badly injured as the rest, "Dylan, you get Barizorg while we clean up the Goumins here," he ordered.

Dylan nodded to his command and jumped above the Goumins and ran after Walz Gill and Barizorg.

"STOP!" Dylan shouted at them.

"Pesky pirate," Walz Gill commented. "Barizorg, take care of him."

"Yes boss," Barizorg responded and went after Dylan with his weapon.

During their fight, Dylan couldn't help but feel the sense of déjà vu with Barizorg's fighting skills. It was so familiar that Dylan could easily predict his next move. He pushed the thought to the side and told himself to just focus on the mission. He thought perhaps he had a dream about this fight or something.

Suddenly, Barizorg had enough and used his gun laser to shoot at Dylan, causing him to be flown away. Dylan tried his best to get up. When he looked up, he saw Barizorg activating his sword into full power and started to use a sword technique. Dylan could fell his heart stopped beating. Now he knows why he knows all of Barizorg's move.

Before Dylan could do anything, Barizorg has already fired his sword at Dylan thus causing him to injure himself and de-morph on the spot. Blood started to form at him shoulder where Barizorg had hit him. Through the pain, Dylan tried to manage to call him, "Peter?"

"Peter? I don't know this Peter you speak of," Barizorg told him.

Walz Gill then stepped forward, "Ah, I see you recognize his fighting technique. I guess I should tell you now. Before I came to this planet, I already had a master plan to take over but I realized that I need someone to be my very own bodyguard. Someone strong and loyal with an undefeatable fighting skill. I searched the entire galaxy and I saw a guy who was helping to protect the Earth during my Empire's first invasion. Sure he was a pain in the neck at first but he had the skills I wanted. I decided to sent my men to find this guy and bring him back to my Empire. I let my scientist turn him into a cyborg fighting machine."

"No…it can't be," Dylan said as he slowly stood up.

"He has no memory of being a human whatsoever but he still has the strong skills to be a soldier," Walz Gill continued explaining. "Barizorg, why don't you show him that sword technique again?"

"Yes boss," Barizorg answered and he repeated the previous move. Dylan knows that if he didn't morph, he would not survive the attack. But he was still in shock over what happened.

When Troy and the rest of the rangers finished getting rid of the Goumins, Troy saw Barizorg was about to attack Dylan. At first he didn't understand why Dylan would just continue to stand there and not do anything like taking out a ranger key. As soon as Barizorg fired his sword, Troy ran in front of Dylan to block the shot himself. The attack hit Troy's back, causing him to de-morph and collapsed in front of Dylan.

Lexi, Blair and Johnny, upon witnessing it decided to quickly attack Barizorg at the same time. They manage to shoot at his sword which flew away from his hands. Barizorg started to get angry but Walz Gill told him to retreat to the space ship.

"I hate it when they get away!" Lexi complained.

Blair quickly de-morph and ran towards where Dylan and holding Troy who had collapsed from the attack. All of them could see the blood coming out of his back and Troy had since then lost consciousness.

"Is he going to be ok?" Blair asked, reaching at the verge of tears upon seeing her friend injured.

Jayden then stepped forward, "Maybe we should bring him to your lair. I can help wound him for you guys," Jayden offered.

"But you were just fighting with us for the ranger keys," Johnny pointed out.

"We can settle that later. For now, your leader needs some treatment," Jayden said as he helped Dylan carry Troy.

Blair and Johnny turned to Lexi for her opinion on that. Lexi knew she didn't have time to have second thoughts. This guy clearly wants to help and Dylan wasn't saying much. She nodded in approval and they all teleported to the Command Centre.

HI! Ok, I just want to say I'm going to be a bit busy for the next few weeks so I might not be able to update as much as i could. So hang in there.

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